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Experience The Thinker
We’ve all seen Rodin’s figure of The Thinker in the most unfortunate circumstances: brooding in front of an open fridge, humiliated in a bright red Santa hat, poorly cartooned on a dingy office mug...
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New Ways of Looking…and Listening
Think about your favorite work of art. Now think about what its “soundtrack” would be. It could be obvious, or it could be personal. It could be serious, or it could be funny. It could be descriptive,...
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It’s time-lapse time once again. This one documents the installation of Congregation in the new African gallery. Artist Ledelle Moe builds the “congregation” one concrete head at a time, all the while...
View ArticleIt’s Already Yours
By popular demand, here’s the video spot for the new building and Grand Opening…complete with staff (and family–yay little Leo!) cameo appearances. We used some video clips from the incomparable Art...
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Choose Your Own Grand Opening Adventure
Grand Opening Program (pdf) From music, dance, and performance art to discussions, craft demonstrations, and hands-on workshops, there is so much to see and do during the Grand Opening Festival. Do as...
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Celebrating a Sustainable Museum
On April 22, 1970, I was a sixteen year old kid swept into a movement to “save the world.” We took a train to mid-town where 5th Avenue was closed for what was called a “National Environmental...
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Sharing Moments
It is always so interesting to be behind the scenes of a project, to see how all the pieces intertwine, and to know the stories that make up the history of how something great came to be. As staff...
View ArticleInstalling Ogromna
These time-lapse videos worked great on the giant screen at the Grand Opening Festival. Here’s the last of the trio, featuring Ogromna, by artist Ursula von Rydingsvard. (See also the installation...
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The Gift: Faces and Places
It’s been called the cube, the gift, the image installation, and the photo project. Conceived in brainstorming sessions of Museum education staff, the project would be a way for North Carolinians to...
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Trotman’s Truth
If there is one thing that my internship in the Curatorial Department at the NCMA has taught me, it is that I am undoubtedly an art nerd. You can imagine my excitement when there was an opportunity to...
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